West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-01-20

was great day when QuooR Victoria, In the
midst of the Crhnean war, distributed med
ais 20 the soldiers who had como home sick
aud wounded At the Horse Guards in pres
en- % OF the Royal Family, tho ia iured mon
were Carrted IN or came on crutchos- Colonel
TroWbridge, who lost both feet at Inkerman
aud Captain Sayer, who had the ankle
joint OF his right leg shos OFF at Alma; and
Captain Cure. his disabled limb supported
by n soldier, and others manned. and disfg.
ured, and eNhausted-aIid with her o wn hand
the Queen gave each the CriIneau medal
And whAt triumphant days for those soldiers
when further on, they received the French
medal with the imperiS1 eagle, and the Turk
ish medal with its representation OF -four
fags--France. Turkey, England aud Sardi
nia-send b0neath It map Of the Crimes
spread over a gun Who'll.
AMI what rewards are suggested % all
readers OF history by the mere mention OF
the Waterloo medal, and the Cape medal
aud thu Gold Cross medal and the medal,
struck for bravery in our Anerit an wars
But how Insignificant all these compared with
ths day when tho good soldiers OF Jesus
Christ shall come IN uut " the battles OF this
world and i'm the presence of all the piled ur
galleries OF the r1lecm 81 aud the
unt0llen, Jesus, our King, shah di-
vide tho spoil, The more wounds. the
greater the inhes-itaTCe The longer the
forced march, the brig liter the trophy The
more terrible the cNhS ustion the more glori.
Gus tho transport. Not the gift OF brilliant
ribbon, or molal OF brass, or silver. OF
gold but n Kingdom In which we are to reign
for ever and ever. Munsions on the eternal
hills. Doniuious II uufading power. En-.
pires OF uneuding loyse Continents of ever
lasting light. AhaiHic ami Pacific oceans
OF billowing JOY. lt was "a great day
when Aurelian, the Roman Emperor
came back from his vct0Gies In the
front of the procession were wild beast;
from all lands, sixteen hundred gladiators
richly clad, wagon loads OF crowns aud
trophies presented by conquered cities;
among the Cap6ves SyrianS, Egyptians
Goths NandJNs, SarInatian9, Franks: and
Zenobia, the beautiful captive queen. on foot
in chains Of gold that a slave had TO help her
carry, and jewels uder the weight of which
she almost tainted. And then came the
chariot OF Aurclian drawn by 0our elephants
In gorgeous caFa rison, Nod followed
by tIhB Roman, Senate aud the Roman army.
aud from dawn till dark the procession was
passing. Rome in all her his1 DRY never saw
anything more magnificent. But how much
greater the day when our C0nCueror, Jesus
shall ride under the trium p2al arches OF
heaven; His captives, not ON foot, but i'm
chariots, all the king Ions OF earth and heaven
i'm procession, the armies CELESTIAL on white
horses. Ku nbhng artillery of thunderbolts
never again 20 he unlimleroi 4. Kingdoms in
line. centuries IN lire 81 intly, cherubic
seraphiI archangelic splenCtors i'm line, and
Christ seated on one great rolling Hosanna
made out of all Hallelu TIhs Of all worlds,
shall cry TalJ 10 the procession. And not
forgetting oven the hum1!est in all the reach
of His omniui esenco He shall rise, and then
and there His work dpnp and His glory con.
procee ], amid an ecstasy such as
neither mortal nov immortal ever Imagined,
10 divide the spoil.